Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime

by Mark Frost

Book Overview

Boston, Tuesday, October 21, 1975. The Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds have endured an excruciating three-day rain delay. Tonight, at last, they will play Game Six of the World Series. Leading three games to two, Cincinnati hopes to win it all; Boston is desperate to stay alive. But for all the anticipation, nobody could have predicted what a classic it would turn out to be: an extra-innings thriller, created by one of the Big Red Machine's patented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401310265
• ISBN13: 9781401310264
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

GAME 6 - HISTORICAL REVIEW

Book arrive ahead of promised date. this is a great review of the events leading up to the game that many describe the best ever played in baseball and the greatest world series ever played. A must read for every baseball fan.

A great overview of one of baseball's finest moments!

Game Six of the 1975 World Series has joined the elite of sports history like "The Ice Bowl" and the 5th down. It is just one of those events where when you hear about it, you know right away what the subject is. Mark Frost does a tremendous job of describing the event and most of all, framing it in the context of not only baseball history, but the social changes happening in America at the time. He does a great job of balancing baseball with history without losing sight on the fact he's writing about baseball. Most importantly, he keeps the focus on those who were playing the game and we learn the background of each player from the famous, Bench, Morgan, Yaz and Perez, to the colorful, Tiant & Lee to the obscure, Geronimo & Doyle to the now infamous, with Pete Rose. He retells the well told story of both game 6 and the 1975 Series, yet does a great job of making it all seem fresh. Most importantly he tells the story of what happened to both teams and players after the game and how so many great players missed out on the riches of free agency, which came to pass a few days after the end of the series. All in all this is a very good book and I recommend it to all baseball fans. But fans of the Red Sox and Reds will enjoy it the most. Lets be honest!

Good narrative

One of the first things that stood out in "Game Six" for this reader was the final sentence in an early chapter where the author mentions an increase in the number of people who claimed to be in attendance by twenty times. Having been a college senior who actually WAS at the game, this doesn't surprise me at all. What is good about Mark Frost's book is that he builds the tension nicely and in the meantime reminds those of us who are old enough to remember, the key players on both rosters. One great memory for me after that game was the hundreds of Bostonians singing "Roll Out the Barrel" as people poured from Fenway Park. "Game Six" begins with a look at George "Sparky" Anderson, the indefatigable Reds' manager... and indeed, Anderson becomes the focal point of the book. But the side stories are appropriate to revisit. The whole episode of Luis Tiant's mother and father coming from Cuba, the alcohol problems of Bernie Carbo and his manager, Darrell Johnson, the effervescence of Pete Rose and the heroics of Carlton Fisk, all serve as a walk down memory lane. Frost spends time discussing the reserve clause and its importance to baseball in 1975, which is a necessary addition, excellently explained. Finishing up, the author has a lengthy "afterward" regarding the players and staff of each team. This is a terrific way to wrap up a crisp and poignant book about "Game Six" of the 1975 World Series. I highly recommend it.

A Grand Slam!

"Game Six" by Mark Frost is an awesome book! Being a diehard Red Sox fan, I just had to read this book. It's about the greatest World Series game ever played: Boston vs. the Reds. The whole book focus is on this game. What makes this book for me is the background on the players who played in this game. The writing is superb! It feels like you are right there. I really enjoyed this book a lot and recommend it to any Red Sox fan.

Great game, great book

First, in the interest of truth in packaging, I was living in Cincinnati in 1975 and watched Game Six on TV. After Fisk hit the home run, I went and woke my wife up to tell her that she had just missed the greatest baseball game ever. She was not amused. This is fine book. Frost not only thoroughly chronicles the historic game, but interweaves the game with all that was going on in the world at the same time. He also weaves a lot of baseball culture and history into the telling of the story. For instance, even though I have read a ton of baseball writing, I had never heard that there were significant rumors that the first World Series was fixed. Frost documents the lives of the players involved, and tells not only how they got to Fenway Park that evening in October, but also what happened to all of them. This book has the makings of a classic baseball book not unlike The Boys of Summer. If you enjoy baseball even a little bit you will enjoy it. Or, even if you don't, but like a really well written small piece of sports history, you will like Game Six.